Railway-car.



No. 870,397. PATENTED NOV. 5, 1907.

F. E. THOMPSON.

RAILWAY GAR.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.13, 1906.

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F. E. THOMPSON. RAILWAY GAR.

APPLICATION FILED BEPT.13.1906.

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FRANK E. THOMPSON, OF TISKILWA, ILLINOIS.

RAILWAY-CAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 5, 1907.

Application filed September 13 1906. Serial No. 334522.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK E. THOMPSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tiskilwa, in the county of Bureau, State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Cars; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to railway cars and more particularly to that class which are constructed almost entirely of metal and the object of the invention is to provide an extremely simple structure of this class which will however, be extremely durable.

Broadly speaking the structure consists of a plurality of annular frames which are connected in pairs by means of tie-rods and which are covered by a cylin drical shell which forms the top, bottom, and sides of the car.

The invention furthermore resides in the provision of a novel means for connecting the annular frames to present a perfectly rigid structure.

With the above and other objects in view the inven tion resides in the construction and arrangement of parts shown in the accompanying drawings in which,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a car constructed in accordance with my invention, Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view therethrough, Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view, and, Fig. 4 is a detail view of one of the tie-rods.

Referring more specifically $013116 drawings the numeral 5 denotes a plurality of annular frames, each of which is provided with a continuous right angularly extending flange G, and 7 denotes the cylindrical shell or casing of the car which is bolted or otherwise secured to the flange 6.

Each pair of adjacent frames 5 and the entire series of frames are rigidly secured together in spaced relation by means of tie-rods 8. Each of these tie-rods is provided adjacent each of its ends with an integral collar 9 and has its end portions beyond the collar screw thread ed as at 10. When the structure is completed, the flanges of the tie-rods abut the opposing sides of the annular frames and nuts 11 are engaged upon the threaded ends 10 of the said rods and abut the other face of the frames to securely embrace the same and connect them in a series.

Secured at its ends to that face of the frames 5 from which the flange 6 projects is a cross beam 12 and connecting the cross beams of the entire series thus formed suitable fastening device to the beams 12. Bolted or otherwise secured upon the T-beams 13 is a sheet metal flooring 14 which may be intervaled or formed of sections as may be found most expedient. I-beams 15 are likewise secured to the frames in the same manner as the beams 12 and directly above the same and secured to the beams is the inner roof 16 of the car. The shell or casing 7 for the car is provided at intervals with Window frames 17. Secured to the uprights 18 which are carried by the frames 5 an d at each side of the car, are partitions 19 which form the inner side walls of the car and the said partitions 19 are provided also With openings 20 which are substantially the same size as the Window frames in the shell of the car and are in alinement therewith.

The numeral 21 denotes the trucks upon which the car is mounted and the said trucks have the upper faces of their bolsters 22 concaved as at 23 to receive the shell of the car.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a Very durable construction of car has been provided and that comparatively minimum space will be occupied by the same. Furthermore it will be understood that if desired the portions forming the inner side walls may be omitted or curved to conform to the curvature of the shell of the car.

It is to be understood that I do not desire to be limited to the exact details of construction shown and described, for obvious modifications will occur to a person skilled in the art.

What is claimed is:

A structure of the class described comprising a plurality of annular frames, tie-rods having collars abutting the 0p posing sides of adjacent frames, the said tie-rods being threaded at their ends, nuts engaged upon the threaded ends of the tie-rods and abutting the frames, and a shell inclosure for the frames.

In testimony whereof, I aliix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK E. THOMPSON.

Witnesses:

H. H. FERRELL, R. R. MCFEELY. 

